From: page77.office@...
Date: 2006-01-04T20:42:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie tearing hair out


dsymonds@gmail.com wrote:
> page77.off...@googlemail.com wrote:
>
> > So to my problem.  I have created a 'helloworld' web page and called it
> > 'testcgi.rb'. I have put it in various directories, but whenever I try
> > to execute it as a web page on my localhost - it just prints out the
> > contents.  I look at httpd.conf and tremble, although I am not sure
> > which is the right one.  I have installed 'instantrails' under
> > c:\rubyrail
> >
> > Contents of testcgi.rb
>
> Chances are it just needs to be called "testcgi.cgi" (i.e. using the
> .cgi extension). This would be an Apache setup aspect.
>
> The code is fine, by the way, though standards-wise you'd be better
> using "\r\n\r\n" to end the HTTP headers, not just "\n\n".
>
>
> Dave.

Thanks for the tip.  I have had it called testcgi.cgi and I just get it
printed out, not executed.

Richard